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Bath, has been reopened, after alterations and repairs.-At Malborough, near Kingsbridge, Devon, the chapel has been restored, and new schoolrooms have been erected. -A new chapel has been opened at Lancaster, for the ministry of the Rev. J. Whitaker.-The chapel at Newport, Isle of Wight, under the care of the Rev. F. Trestrail (late secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society), has been reopened after considerable alteration and repairs.-A new chapel has been opened at Longford, near Coventry, for the ministry of the Rev. J. P. Barnett.-A new chapel has been opened in Manvery Street, Bath, for the ministry of the Revs. D. Wassell and J. Davies.-A new chapel has been opened at Addlestone, Surrey, for the ministry of the Rev. E. Leach.

The Rev. J. M. Bergin has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Sutton, Surrey.-The Rev. W. Fuller has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Enfield, Accrington.-The_Rev. W. Cuff, formerly of Bury St. Edmunds, has been recognised as the pastor of the church in Providence Chapel, Hackney Road, London.-The Rev. W. Hillier has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Ridgemount, Beds.-The Rev. T. A Williams, late of Swaffham, Norfolk, has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Uxbridge, Middlesex.-The Rev. T. Churchyard has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Hanley.-The Rev. D. James, from Llangollen College, has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Ponthypryd, Caermarthenshire. The Rev. F. Griffiths, from the same college, has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Tarporley, Cheshire. The Rev. S. Rees has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Thornbury, Gloucestershire.-The Rev. J. Berryman has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Nantyglo,

Mon. The Rev. S. Skingle has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Whitchurch, Hants. The Rev. H. M. Jones has been recognised as the pastor of the church at Neyland, Pembrokeshire. -The Rev. W. F. Gooch has been recognised as the pastor of the church in Webber Street, Falmouth.

The following reports of MINISTERIAL CHANGES have reached us since our last issue:-The Rev. T. W. Handford, of Bolton, to Bloomsbury Chapel, London; the Rev. A. Doel, to Diss, Norfolk; the Rev. L. G. Carter, of Banbury, to Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh; the Rev. J. Stubbs, of the Metropolitan Tabernacle College, to Chiswick; the Rev. P. F. Pearce, of Darlington, to George Street, Hull; the Rev. J. R. Chappelle, of Boston, to Fakenham, Norfolk; the Rev. A. P. Fulton, of the Metropolitan Tabernacle College, to St. Andrews, N.B.; the Rev. T. Tarn, of the same college, to Park Road, Peckham, Surrey; the Rev. J. T. Felce, of Kislingbury, to Sulgrave, Helmdon, and Culworth; the Rev. S. Peacock, son of the Rev. E. J. Peacock, to Saint Hill, near Collumpton, Devon; the Rev. G. W. Roughton, of Watchet, Somerset, to Lydney, Gloucestershire; the Rev. J. Manning, of Shrewsbury, to Totteridge Road, Enfield Highway. The Rev. L. Nuttall, of Ogden, near Rochdale, has resigned his pastorate on account of enfeebled health, and has been succeeded by the Rev. A. E. Greening, of Liverpool. The Rev. R. Holmes has rcsigned his pastorate at Rawdon, near Leeds. The Rev. H. Wilkins has resigned his pastorate at Leigh ton Buzzard, Beds. The Rev. A. Carson has resigned his pastoralo at Coleraine. The Rev. J. M. Ryland has resigned his pastorate at Woodstock, Oxon. The Rev. J. H. Lummis has relinquished his pastorate at Swadlincote, Burton-onTrent. The Rev. E. J. Stobo has

resigned his pastorate at Kilmarnock, having accepted an invitation to Canada. The Rev. G. Veals has resigned his pastorate at Battle Sussex.

We regret to announce the death

of the Rev. W. Salter, formerly of Coalville, Leicestershire, more recently of Netherton, near Dudley, Staffordshire, at the age of fiftythree; also, of the Rev. S. Pearce, of Leafield, Oxfordshire, at the age of thirty.

EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.

ONCE more, at the close of another year, we desire to offer to our friends and helpers our profound acknowledgments for the kindness with which our labours continue to be received. It is not given to many to toil, as we have done, for more than five-and-twenty years, in the same field of effort, and to find their success rather growing than diminishing. For that it is so in our case, we owe, first of all, an acknowledgment to the Giver of all good,-next to those by whom, under Him, our hands have been held up, and our efforts succeeded. Not so much to ourselves, but to our contributors,-not even to them only, but to the pastors of our Churches, and to the numerous other friends who have aided in maintaining our circulation,—is it due that THE CHURCH is as vigorous now as it was five-and-twenty years ago. Still, it is necessary to depend, not upon past or even present success, but upon continued, or rather increased, endeavour. We hope, next year, to "surpass ourselves." We have already received promises of help in our work, particulars respecting which are to be found eleswhere; but we look for other helpers also. May we hope that we shall receive in the future, what we gratefully acknowledge that we have received in the past, that assistance, of all kinds, without which our own endeavours must be in vain ?

WE have been requested to direct attention to the advertisement which appears elsewhere, announcing the appearance of a New Baptist Weekly Newspaper. That such a paper is needed there is no doubt; indeed, such a paper has been desired for many years. We are thankful, however, to notice, that it is not intended to be antagonistic to any existing paper: it is intended to occupy a place exclusively its own. Will the readers of THE CHURCH support it? They, by themselves alone, could make it immediately a success. We trust that every reader of THE CHURCH Will be a reader also of "THE BAPTIST ;" and that all our endeavours, carried on in a spirit of dependance on the Divine favour, and characterised by that "love" which is a of the Spirit," may be the means of advancing the principles that we hold dear, and especially of advancing that kingdom of the Saviour upon which the hopes of the world depend,